30 seconds and dried squid
So, about 5 and a half pages into the computation of the solution to the porous tube problem, I’ve decided to take 30 seconds out to describe a very unusual smell wafting over to my side of the office right now. It is simultaneously very salty and very… biological is the best term I can think of. Hmm… wonder what it is?
Oh, I guess it’s dried squid. I didn’t think it would smell quite like that. It doesn’t smell anything like the, uh, hydrated version of the creature. Komatsu-kun is happily munching away on them over there while working on homework. Good for him, I guess.
This 30 second excerpt brought to you by a nearly brain dead Marston. The good news is, I now see how to solve the problem and I should have it done in probably less than 2 more pages of linear algebra.
That scent is all too familiar over here as well. While I am a pretty easy-going teacher, 오징어 (pronounced oh-jing-uh) is one of the things that I have outlawed in my classroom. It is one of the few smells that turns my stomach upon immediate detection– and I have a tough stomach and tough nostrils: I grew up cleaning out barns, and when I was young, one of my most favorite jobs was cleaning out the fridge– a task which always yields at least one stinky find– but for some reason….. I just can’t handle that smell. I once told my Korean co-worker about my distaste for the smell, and she confessed to me that the smell of tacos was equally nauseating to her.
Biological is a very interesting sent description. However, working with various bacterial, blood, and yeast cultures I think it may have a different connotation for me; or maybe not?
Easy on that brain Tim, it’s the only one you have.